Contractually Bound to Arbitrate

In her ruling Monday, Judge Helen I. Bendix said that both Hatcher and Hydroderm are bound by a prior agreement to arbitrate all of the company's claims rather than litigate them in court, the Associated Press reports.

Hatcher's attorney Alan Wertheimer has labeled the suit an "unjustified and public assault on Teri Hatcher's good name, reputation and celebrity."